The tariffs will apply after December 31, 2016. The company said that it is using this time period to fine-tune its services as well as for resolution of interconnection and mobile number portability related issues that it has faced with several other operators.Danish Khan | ETTelecom | September 01, 2016, 19:16 IST

NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio Infocomm said that it has filed its tariff plans with the telecom regulator, Trai, on Thursday, and said that it will offer its digital services, including high-speed 4G, to everyone through its “Welcome Offer” which will be effective from 5 September, 2016.The company said that the tariffs have been formulated to pass on benefits of technology to end customers. All domestic voice calls for Jio customers will be absolutely free, across India, and domestic roaming charges will not apply in Jio tariffs, the company said.

The tariffs will apply after December 31, 2016. The company said that it is using this time period to fine-tune its services as well as for resolution of interconnection and mobile number portability related issues that it has faced with several other operators.

Jio said that it may extend the period of free services in case its subscribers are not able to get adequate experience of seamless connectivity across network due to interconnection point congestion and MNP restrictions and the quality of service parameters are not as per the benchmarks desired by Jio management.

“The other terms and conditions of these special benefits under the Jio Welcome Offer have been filed by the company to TRAI as well as provided on its website ‘jio.com’,” the company said.

The existing test users of Jio, who have enrolled for the preview offer, will be transitioned to the Jio welcome offer, the company said.Jio said that it has introduced a simple tariff structure with only 10 main plans, designed to fit every budget, as against the 22,000 tariff plans prevailing in the country today. The cheapest plan is priced at 19 with day validity.

As part of the Jio Welcome Offer, users will have access to unlimited LTE data and national voice, video and messaging services along with the full bouquet of Jio applications and content, free of cost up to 31 December 2016.

Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani, at the Annual General Meeting of today, said that domestic voice calls to any network across the country would be free for Jio subscribers even beyond the Jio Welcome Offer.

The company said that data tariffs have been made highly affordable, with full transparency, without any associated conditions. The Company is offering the lowest LTE data rates in the world. Additionally it would offer unlimited night time LTE data.

The Jio-Apps bouquet, which is worth Rs. 15,000 for an annual subscription, will also be available complimentary for all active Jio customers up to 31 December 2017.

Jio is also rolling out a special student discount offer with 25% more data on the main tariff plans.

Ambani said that Reliance Retail introduced a line-up of super affordable 4G LTE smartphones under the LYF brand, starting at Rs 2,999, and it will launch more models at progressively higher price-points like Rs 3999, Rs 4999 and so on.

Jio will work on creating Jio Digital Entrepreneurship Hubs in key cities and towns of India. The Jio Digital India Startup Fund has set aside Rs 5,000 crores to be invested over the next 5 years.

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